Monday Roundup #156

Community notes:

• Long Winter has announced the opener of their 2024 season with a “Cozy Chats” edition of the series this Friday (January 12) at The Tranzac. No musical performers have been announced, but "audiences can expect a series of adventurous discussions and interactions touching on topics of cultural production, community, and sustainability, with an eye toward new models and possible futures." PWYC/$20 advance tickets available, all ages as always. (And note that the season will continue with events on February 23 and March 15.)

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Concert announcements:

Toronto Electronic Music Open Mic / Handlebar 2024-01-15 (Monday)

Music Hosted by Karen Ng (feat. Karen Ng/Ben Dwyer/Ted Crosby/Phil Melanson / Adrian Russouw) / Wenona Lodge 2024-01-16 (Tuesday)

FAWN Chamber Creative and Arraymusic present: Belladonna [A Co-Composition Opera In Concert, Process Discussion & Workshop Presentation] (feat. Teiya Kasahara/Hillary Jean Young/Rebecca Gray/Vanese Smith/Sara Constant/Morgan-Paige Melbourne/Yang Chen/Adam Scime) / Array Space 2024-01-18&19 (Thursday&Friday). $25 suggested donation. [more info]

Raphael Weinroth-Browne / Annette Studios 2024-01-25 (Thursday). $22.63. [FB event]

Exit Points 45 (feat. Doris Du/Behzad Danesh/Afraaz Mulji/Marlena Nova/James Hamilton Lowrie / Keisha Bell-Kovacs/Eye_Duh Kho/Gladys/Bill Gilliam/Michael Palumbo / Switchemups) / Array Space 2024-01-26 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Holger Schoorl/Liz Lima/Scott Gabriel / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-31 (Wednesday – early)

J. Moone/Hymns57/Brian Abbott/Michael Palumbo ["solo, duets, trios and as a quartet"] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-31 (Wednesday) [FB event]

Track Could Bend #88 (feat. Écureuil [Kayla Milmine/Liz Lima] / Garden of Magic) / Wenona Lodge 2024-02-06 (Tuesday). $pwyc. [FB event]

B.A. Johnston (Sons of Butcher / First Base) / The Baby G 2024-04-13 (Saturday). $14.48, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Rob Clutton Trio [Rob Clutton/Karen Ng/Nick Fraser] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-08 (Monday). $pwyc. [more info]

Josh Cole presents (feat. a Josh Cole trio + 1 [John Oswald/Nick Storring/Blake Howard/Josh Cole]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-09 (Tuesday) [FB event]

Never Was [Joe Sorbara/Brandon Davis/Adrian Russouw/Patrick O’Reilly/Madeleine Ertel] / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-10 (Wednesday). $pwyc

Cosmic Country For Communists (feat. Kurt Newman Standards Trio [Kurt Newman/Blake Howard/Rob Clutton] / Nick Flanagan) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-11 (Thursday)

Audiopollination (feat. Kayla Milmine/Daria Morgacheva/Zoma / Max Donaldson/Nate Robertson/TBA / Zack Goldstein/Danny Alexander/Kalina Nedelcheva / The Memory of a Goldfish [Rod Campbell/ Mickle32/%%30%30]) / Array Space 2024-01-12 (Friday). $10 recommended. [FB event]

Class of 2024 (feat. Life In Vacuum / Dermabrasion / Slug / Silks) / Monarch Tavern 2024-01-12 (Friday). $17.50, 19+. [FB event]

Musica Universalis (feat. Blue Moss [Dave Nardi & Connor Bennett wsg Colin Fisher] / Pablo Jimenez [solo upright bass]) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-12 (Friday). $pwyc, suggested donation $10

today I have thought about carmine red ["composers take the concept of the graphic score as a starting point for works that explore colour, gesture, and light," feat. works by Esthir Lemi, R.E. Smith, and Camille Kiku Belair] (feat. Jana Luksts & Sara Constant) / 2104 Dundas Street West 2024-01-13 (Saturday). $pwyc. [FB event]

Michael Palumbo's Friends #1 (feat. Rudy Ray/Nirvana Sagar/Xina Gilani/aniqa dear/Yun Young Lee/None/Michael Palumbo) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-13 (Saturday). $pwyc

Ayal Senior & Friends (feat. Ayal Senior & Kurt Newman / Aaron Knight / Jaz Tsui / Nick Flanagan) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-14 (Sunday – 2:30 p.m.) [FB event]

John Millard’s Hope Street ["songs by John Millard with improvised accompaniment"] (feat. John Millard/Rob Clutton/Chris Pruden) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2024-01-14 (Sunday – 5 p.m.) [more info]

Spruce Needles [I Do Not Sing About Other People's Lives album release] (Surer Qaly / Kurt Newman / Meg Mackay) / Bar Orwell 2024-01-14 (Sunday). $15 with tape, PWYC otherwise. [FB event]

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In the mix:

• New ambient mix! Mostly gauzy-synthy sounds inspired by the insulating comfort of a thick layer of snow. Music by: Atmøsphäre & Sacred Seeds, zarr., Mike Lazarev, Phillip Wilkerson, Sachi Kobayashi, marine eyes, Jordan Christoff, Ivano Pecorini, Crystal Warmth, CARES, and Jóhann Jóhannsson with the ACME String Quartet.

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It happened this week...

• ...on January 13, 2016 at Katzman Contemporary (Channel no. 2: Reality).

Hexzuul [excerpt]

• ...on January 14, 2016 at Smiling Buddha (Casual Drones 14).

Nyles Miszczyk & Justin M Ladd - [excerpt]

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Monday Roundup #113

Concert announcements:

University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble [Director: Aiyun Huang, featuring works by Yike Zhang, Emmanuel Séjourné, Ivan Trevino, Thierry de Mey, Fish Yu, Andrew James Clark] / Walter Hall 2023-03-20 (Monday). $free. [FB event]

Parallax - Act 1 ["different mediums, industries and forms of expressions come together in a series of collective performances"] (feat. Melad Jajou/Jess Burgess/The Band / Gore Gloss/Lou Rose) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-22 (Wednesday). $pwyc/$20 suggested. [FB event]

Karen Ng presents (feat. Karen Ng, Lori Freedman and guests) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-23 (Thursday)

Cowbird Collective Presents: A Loose Grip on Reality Record Release Show (feat. Tone Cathedral [Sara Constant/Paul Newman/Andrew Furlong/Meghan Cheng/Brian Abbott] / Mun Mun C.F) / Array Space 2023-03-25 (Saturday) [FB event]

Ace of Wands [Desiring album release!] (Mad Ones / Zinnia) / Velvet Underground 2023-03-30 (Thursday). $23 advance. [FB event]

You In Mind presents (feat. Jasmyn / Camille Léon / Shn Shn) / The Music Gallery 2023-03-31 (Friday). $17.03, all ages. [FB event]

Exit Points #36 (feat. Michelle Breslin/Tegan Dietsch/Owen Kurtz/%%30%30 / Rudy Ray/Sina “Xina” Gilani/Nilan Perera/Adrian Russuow/Michael Palumbo / “Switchemups”) / Array Space 2023-03-31 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Cots (Alex Lukashevsky) / Tibet Street Records 2023-04-06 (Thursday). $20.

CMC Presents (feat. Pursuit Grooves / Masahiro Takahashi) / Canadian Music Centre 2023-04-12 (Wednesday). $15 Advance / $20 at the door. [FB event]

TONE Presents (feat. Sun Ra Arkestra) / The Great Hall 2023-06-28 (Wednesday). $44.39 advance/$50 door, 19+. [FB event]

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Shows this week:

Smoking Songs (feat. Jelly Ear) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-13 (Monday) [FB event]

Dun-Dun Land (feat. Dun-Dun Man / Thom Gill) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-14 (Tuesday – early!)

Sarah Greene Presents (feat. Sarah Greene/Paul Kolinski/Dave Clark/Tania Gill / Dave Clark's Western Slang) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-15 (Wednesday – early!) [FB event]

University of Toronto Vocal Jazz Ensemble [Christine Duncan, director] / Walter Hall 2023-03-15 (Wednesday). $free. [FB event]

Idée Fixe & Ansible presents (feat. Evan Cartwright / Brodie West Quintet) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-16 (Thursday)

Ronley Teper & the Lipliners / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-17 (Friday – early!)

Beyond the Valley of the Guitars (feat. Brian Ruryk / Nilan Perera) / Sellers & Newel 2023-03-17 (Friday). Minimum donation $20. [more info]

Karla (Mesh System [Caleb Klager/Stefan Hegerat] / Magfoto) / Tibet Street Records 2023-03-17 (Friday). $20. [FB event]

Selkie Sessions (Urban Shores Edition) (feat. Andrew Patten / Ivy Mairi / Sean Donald / Isla Craig) / The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge) 2023-03-18 (Saturday – early!). $PWYC. [FB event]

Burn Down The Capital presents (feat. Still House Plants / Oil Giant / Brian Ruryk) / Bar Orwell 2023-03-19 (Sunday). $12 Adv / $15 Door, NOTAFLOF. [FB event]

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It happened this week...

• ...on March 16, 2019 at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge).

Doug Tielli - Highwayside Weeds

• ...on March 16, 2019 at The Tranzac's Tiki Room (Cold Early Spring).

Hexzuul - [3rd piece, edit]

[Do remember that you can click on the tags below to go back and find the original posts (and often, more stuff) from these artists.]

Recording: Hexzuul

Artist: Hexzuul

Song: [3rd piece, edit]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Tiki Room (Cold Early Spring), March 16, 2019.

Hexzuul - [3rd piece, edit]

This aptly-named night, curated by Hexzuul's David Jones, saw the temperature falling and some occasional snow flurries outside, and a warm crowd filling the Tiki Room. Jones also lead off the night with a set mixing dreamy ambient sounds with austere noise, and ending — just like old times — with some wires being pulled loose.

Recording: Hexzuul

Artist: Hexzuul

Song: [first movement]^*

Recorded at Monarch Tavern, August 28, 2016.

Hexzuul - [first movement]

David Jones lead off this night of electronic/synth variations with an extended piece based around a self-hypnosis tape, which moved from drift-off-to-sleep to noise shards and back again. Lay back, close your eyes, and you'll wake up strangely refreshed.

^* I don't know if this piece as a whole has a title; I will update if I get more info!

Recording: Hexzuul

Artist: Hexzuul

Song: [excerpt from first part]

Recorded at Double Double Land (NASA – Noise Against Sexual Assault), July 10, 2016.

Hexzuul - [excerpt from first part]

Envisioned as "a night of noise, dark electronic, and doom rock in support of sexual assault survivors and in solidarity with Larkin Grimm", this event was programmed as a counter-gig to Swans' local appearance. It was also an attempt for DIY spaces to face up to the problems of taking responsibility for what happens within their walls and to begin a discussion of some "best practices" to create safer spaces.

David Jones led off the night, mixing some harsh backgrounds with serenely-floating foregrounds — creating a sonic bed for some howling and other sounds.

[Hexzuul will be playing at The Monarch Tavern on Sunday, August 28th, with a rather compelling lineup that also includes Psychic Pollution, Mystic Triangle, and Cell Memory & Castle If.]

Recording: Hexzuul

Artist: Hexzuul

Song: [excerpt]^*

Recorded at Katzman Contemporary (Channel no. 2: Reality), January 13, 2016.

Hexzuul - [excerpt]

This five-night series, curated by Brett Despotovich, is bringing Toronto's experimental music scenes into a gallery space — both to allow some considered listening and to enable a series of large-scale visual collaborations. (This night drew inspiration from the morass of so-called "reality" television.) Besides the well-chosen music, this will also be an introduction for many to a rather lovely space — gallery culture, which tends to stay one step ahead of gentrification in the search for affordable spaces, has now seeped up to Carleton Village. So this week, hop on the Symington bus and go check out some cool collaborations.

This set from David Jones' solo project was less menacing and physical than the previous time I saw him in action, hums giving way to sawing buzz-zworps as Jones guided not only his musical tones but some analog visual interventions over a TV loop, with a face being mirrored and split, refractions folding into each other as visual noise curled in from the edges.

[Channel's run at Katzman Contemporary continues through Saturday, with cool musicians using the space to collaborate with the visualisations in different ways.]

^* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!

Recording: Hexzuul

Artist: Hexzuul

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at The Steady Cafe & Bar (Kulture II), October 13, 2015.

Hexzuul - [excerpt]

Kulture is culture, but louder. This occasional noise night was expertly assembled by David Jones (who performed this night as Hexzuul, but is also a member of Manticore and Bile Sister) and took place in the somewhat unlike setting of the backroom of The Steady, which feels a bit like a joint that got stuck somewhere in mid-transition from a diner to a tiki bar. Backed by some cool glitched-out visuals, Jones offered a mix of sputter/crackle, ominous hums, piercing buzzings, and explosions of static, all offered up with a slow-motion sense of restraint. That doesn't mean that something wasn't going to be thrown from the stage area into the audience.